Women's history in the new millennium: Reframing the history of women's wage labor: Challenges of a global perspective

Journal of Women's History

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Kessler Harris, Alice ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*

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EID: 34247669820     PISSN: 10427961     EISSN: 15272036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jowh.2004.0013     Document Type: Review

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